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TDCJ Pays $1500 to Settle Prison Rape Case by On December 27, 2005, Texas prisoner Jose Jiminez filed a lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against two Texas prison guards alleging their deliberate indifference to his safety resulted in his being assaulted and raped by another prisoner. The attack …
Article • May 15, 2010
Sacramento County Settles Prisoner Abuse Suit for $1,000 by On September 18, 2006, the County of Sacramento, California settled a lawsuit brought by a prisoner who was allegedly assaulted by the deputy escorting him from court. George E. Cross, a California state prisoner, was being escorted from court by Deputy …
Article • May 15, 2010
TDCJ Settles Racial Discrimination Case for $10,000 by In March 2004, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) settled a racial discrimination suit for $10,000. John Spears was employed as a Food Service Manager III at the Lopez State Jail when he allegedly suffered racial discrimination from his supervisor. He …
Article • May 15, 2010
Sacramento County Agrees to Pay $1,000 to Settle Claim of False Imprisonment by On December 22, 2005, the County of Sacramento agreed to pay $1,000 to settle a claim by a man who was erroneously held seven days beyond his sentence. Don Daniel was scheduled to be released from RCCC …
Article • May 15, 2010
Sacramento County Agrees to Pay $2,219.01 to Settle False Imprisonment Claim by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On June 7, 2004, the County of Sacramento agreed to pay $2,219.01 to settle a false imprisonment claim by a man who was arrested while attempting to visit a prisoner at the Sacramento …
Article • May 15, 2010
Sacramento County Agrees to Pay $2,500 to Settle Abuse Claim by Prisoner by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On November 17, 2003, the County of Sacramento agreed to pay $2,500 to settle a claim by a prisoner who alleged that he was assaulted by guards at the Sacramento County Main …
Article • May 15, 2010
Sacramento County Agrees to Pay $7,500 to Settle Slip and Fall Claim by On July 29, 2002, the County of Sacramento agreed to pay a woman $7,500 who slipped and fell while attempting to use the toilet the Sacramento Main Jail. Denise Gilliatt was moved into a cell that jail …
Article • May 15, 2010
Pierce County, Washington Pays $1,500 for Vehicle Damage by Washington State’s Pierce County paid $1,500 for vehicle damage caused by a county prisoner transport vehicle. On April 8, 2008 Robert B. Smith IV was stopped with traffic in the city of Tacoma. Guard Mitchell Andreasen, who was driving a Pierce …
Article • May 15, 2010
Washington Prisoner Paid $19,000 for Partial Loss of Toe by On September 14, 2007, the state of Washington paid $19,000 to settle with a prisoner who had a portion of his toe cut off while mowing grass at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. The suit, filed in Snohomish …
Article • May 15, 2010
Washington Pays $12,000 for Slip on Ice at Probation Office by On December 17, 2008, the state of Washington paid $12,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who slipped on an iced-over puddle and fell onto the parking lot of a probation office in Marysville, Washington. As a …
Article • May 15, 2010
Washington DOC Agrees to Pay $1,000 to Prisoner Burned During Medical Test. by On April 28, 2006, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to pay $1,000 to a prisoner who received substandard medical care. Arthur Billups went in for medical treatment on December 28 and 29 for a test …
Military Contractors Granted Summary Judgment by On September 11, 2009, Iraqi citizens, Haidar Muhsin Saleh and Ilam Nassir Ibrahim, lost their appeal to the District of Columbia Circuit in regard to lawsuits filed against two private military contractors. The two men represented a group of plaintiffs who alleged they or …
Washington State Prisoner Cannot Sue State for Volleyball Injury Caused by Oversized Shoes by On September 21, 2009, the Washington State Court of Appeals held that a prisoner cannot recover damages from the state for injuries she received while playing volleyball in oversized sport shoes issued to her by the …
Utah Sex Offender Registration Injunction Vacated by On August 20, 2009, a Utah federal court lifted the injunction it had previously issued against the Utah sex offender registry requiring registered sex offenders to register their internet names and passwords. John Doe is the pseudonym for a man who was convicted …
Article • May 15, 2010
Supreme Court of Washington Reverses Case Due to Erroneous Jury Instructions by On September 3, 2009, the Supreme Court of Washington State handed down a unanimous en banc decision holding that a defective jury instruction on the law of self defense submitted by the defense attorney requires reversal. Kenneth Kyllo, …
Massachusetts’ Prison Ban on Sexually Explicit Material Upheld by A Massachusetts federal district court has held a legitimate penological interest exists for a Massachusetts Department of Corrections policy that bans sexually explicit publications. Before the Court was a lawsuit brought by 11 prisoners, alleging violation of their First Amendment rights. …
Massachusetts Transsexual Case Proceeds to Discovery by A Massachusetts federal district has held that a prisoner who seeks a taxpayer-funded sex change has failed to prove “serious harm” by the denial of additional hair-removal treatments. The plaintiff is serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife, Cheryl, in …
Summary Judgment Denied in Ohio Police Excessive Force Case by An Ohio Federal district Court granted in part and denied in part a motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit against guards at the Montgomery County Jail, alleging use of excessive force. After being arrested by Dayton Police for criminal …
Medical Review Board’s Order Properly Excluded in Connecticut Worker’s Compensation Claim by The Connecticut Supreme Court has affirmed an order by the compensation review board that approved the refusal of the workers’ compensation commissioner to admit into evidence a decision by the state medical examining board awarding a prison guard …
Wisconsin Federal Court Discusses Censorship of “Gang Material” in Prisons by In ruling that prison officials, in part, violated a prisoner’s First Amendment free speech rights by disciplining him for having gang-related literature, a Wisconsin federal district court provided an engrossing discussion on the factors that would make such literature …
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